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Bambos Charalambous vs Yvette Cooper

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 939 shared comparable votes.

939 same votes 0 different votes 939 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
83 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
83 Aye 57 No
73 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
73 Aye 34 No
50 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
50 Aye 54 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
83 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
83 Aye 57 No
73 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
73 Aye 34 No
50 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
50 Aye 54 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.4 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 648
Participation
63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
1,469
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
843
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
847
57.7 % of votes cast
626
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
620
42.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 648
18
-91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 648
Contributions
759
+649.7 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Transport
68 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Energy
51 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
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